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I'm curious as to what type of hardware these sites that can't handle HN traffic are running on? I've had a project go front page before, and it was nothing a $
by overcast 9y ago
I'm curious as to what type of hardware these sites that can't handle HN traffic are running on? I've had a project go front page before, and it was nothing a $10 droplet couldn't handle. A few hundred concurrent users is nothing for a webserver/database.
- progval 9y agoIt also depends on what one runs on it. This website seems to dynamically generate images (3D, maybe?), and send them to clients.
- overcast 9y agoI'll give to this one in particular, but blogs have had the same effect. It's bizarre when commodity hardware is so powerful these days.
- eesmith 9y agoIt's a 2D monochromatic PNG of the chemical drawing. The body's style links to the background image URL like 'https://www.avogadr.io/api/name/1440/900/38ce5d/caffeine' https://www.avogadr.io/api/name/1440/900/38ce5d/caffeine' or 'https://www.avogadr.io/api/name/1440/900/38ce5d/LSD' https://www.avogadr.io/api/name/1440/900/38ce5d/LSD'. Does making a chemical drawing usually take that much time?
- MarcScott 9y agoI had 10000 concurrent users on a front page blog post once. I think time of day had a big effect.
- overcast 9y agoWhat day/time did you achieve 10,000 concurrent?
- justinlilly 9y agoJust because people know how to write for a blog doesn't mean they know how to scale a web server.